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2005 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Meteorological Effects on Coasts

verfasst von : Gregory W. Stone, Robert A. Muller

Erschienen in: Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Verlag: Springer Netherlands

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The most dramatic and long-lasting meteorological impact on many coasts is in response to storms. Virtually, every continent on earth is variously impacted by storms, the degree to which being a function of many factors including storm intensity, duration and path, as well as antecedent geology of the inner shelf and coast. Cyclones that exert important controls on coasts are generally categorized as hurricanes, tropical, and extratropical storms. Land- and sea-breezes are observed along many coasts and are in response to differential temperatures during day and night; onshore winds during the day develop nearshore sea state, whereas offshore flow in the evening causes wave decay close to shore. Neither effect can equal the impacts of waves, currents, and winds generated during cyclones. The low latitudes are dominated by tropical storms and hurricanes, whereas the mid- and higher-latitudes experience extratropical storms and weather fronts. Frontal systems are associated with extratropical cyclone development. …

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Metadaten
Titel
Meteorological Effects on Coasts
verfasst von
Gregory W. Stone
Robert A. Muller
Copyright-Jahr
2005
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3880-1_211